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, increasing the deficit. so let me say a word about this. unlike many expenditures, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the truth is that this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. and let me repeat, this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan scorekeeper, has estimated that mandatory spending in this legislation will total $2.88 billion over the next decade. all of this mandatory spending is completely offset, not by the overseas contingency operations or o.c.o., but through more than $4.2 billion in actual savings from programs within the jurisdiction of the senate veterans' affairs committee. as a result, c.b.o. has determined that overall mandatory spending -- mandatory spending in this bill will be reduced, will be reduced, by more than $1.3 billion. in addie mandatory spending, this bill authorizes $18.3 billion in discretionary spending over the next five years to improve the lives of our nation's veterans and their families. mr. presi
, increasing the deficit. so let me say a word about this. unlike many expenditures, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the truth is that this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. and let me repeat, this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan scorekeeper, has estimated that mandatory spending in this legislation will total $2.88 billion over the next decade. all of this mandatory spending is completely offset, not by the...
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sides for restoring the benefits, could parents over how to pay for the benefit and their impact on the deficit. work continues when the senate gavels back and live coverage here on c-span2. >> yesterday, senate judiciary subcommittee held a hearing on solitary confinement. minnesota senator al franken has her prisons director, trust e-mail to the question on the sides of confinement. here is more. >> how big is a style? how big is the efforts out in solitary? >> the average size? >> yes, the size of the trends do. how big is that quite this is a human being we are talking about. how big is the cell? >> the average size of a cell -- i guess you are looking for the space? >> yes, the dimensions in feet and inches. the size of a cell that a person is kept in. i want to get some idea. am i asking this wrong? [laughter] i mean -- is what you are saying is there is no such thing as an average cell for solitary? typically, in the bureau of prisons, if someone is in solitary confinement, how big is the cell typically? >> the average size should be equivalent to six by four. >> okay, that is enhanced t
sides for restoring the benefits, could parents over how to pay for the benefit and their impact on the deficit. work continues when the senate gavels back and live coverage here on c-span2. >> yesterday, senate judiciary subcommittee held a hearing on solitary confinement. minnesota senator al franken has her prisons director, trust e-mail to the question on the sides of confinement. here is more. >> how big is a style? how big is the efforts out in solitary? >> the average...
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at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years we have got to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class or if we will continue to reduce the deficit responsibly while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers and it's why i'm going to fight for it this year and the years to come as president. >> the new c-span.org web site gives you have says to an incredible library of political events with more added each day through c-span's nonstop coverage of national politics, history and nonfiction books. find c-span's daily coverage of official washingtwashingt on are accessed more than 200,000 hours of archived c-span video. everythineverythin g c-span has covered since 1987 and our video is all searchable and viewable on your desktop computer, tablet or smartphone. just look for the prominent search bar at the top of each page. the new c-span.org makes it easy to watch what's happening today in you can and find people and even
at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years we have got to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class or if we will continue to reduce the deficit responsibly while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers and it's why i'm going to fight for it this year and the years to come as president. >> the new c-span.org web...
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even vote on the ranking member's veterans amendment, legislation i support that will not add to the deficit. i amal cosponsor of this legislation, which provides -- i am a cosponsor of this legislation, which provides advanced appropriations for v.a. mandatory accounts, improves services and benefits for victims of military sexual trauma, enhances benefits for survivors and dependents of deceased or disabled veterans, encourages the hiring of veterans, and unlike the sanders' bill is fully paid for. as for the iran sanctions language in the burr amendment, as i noted yesterday, there is significant disagreement between the president and many members from both parties in both the house and the senate concerning the best way to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. the iranian regime has carried out its best attempt at a charm offensive to forestall not only the implementation but the legislative consideration of even tougher sanctions, should the regime fail to fulfill its commitments, according to november's interim agreement. the interim agreement included a joint plan of action, a
even vote on the ranking member's veterans amendment, legislation i support that will not add to the deficit. i amal cosponsor of this legislation, which provides -- i am a cosponsor of this legislation, which provides advanced appropriations for v.a. mandatory accounts, improves services and benefits for victims of military sexual trauma, enhances benefits for survivors and dependents of deceased or disabled veterans, encourages the hiring of veterans, and unlike the sanders' bill is fully...
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on the mandatory side we will contribute a net $359 billion toward deficit reduction over the next decade. by incentivizing high quality and efficient care, and by continuing to reduce health care costs growth, this budget also strengthens two very important programs, medicare and medicaid, with $450 million in net savings over the next decade. and extends the solvency of hospital insurance trust fund i five years. it will reduce the average annual growth in medicare over the next decade from 6.3% to 5.3%. what's more, by expanding competitive bidding for durable medical equipment, it also produces additional savings for medicare and its beneficiaries alike. now, want to call your attention to a few of the specific investments this budget makes an opportunity, economic growth, and security. the budget invested to empower americans to live healthier lives and to obtain financial security for their families through the affordable care act. our budget provides resources to continue to support these efforts, including the operations of the marketplace, to help individuals enrolled in the best
on the mandatory side we will contribute a net $359 billion toward deficit reduction over the next decade. by incentivizing high quality and efficient care, and by continuing to reduce health care costs growth, this budget also strengthens two very important programs, medicare and medicaid, with $450 million in net savings over the next decade. and extends the solvency of hospital insurance trust fund i five years. it will reduce the average annual growth in medicare over the next decade from...
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with $17 trillion in debt and massive annual deficits, our country faces a fiscal crisis of unparalleled scope. now is not the time in any federal department to spend money we don't have. to be sure, there's much to like in the sashed sanders bill and e components were presented as separate, smaller as part of a carefully considered long-term strategy to reform the v.a., hold leadership accountable and improve service to veterans, we'd have no problem expending enthusiastic support. as with many bloated legislative projects in today's washington, the overreaching and overpromising in this bill will only lead to disappointment and recriminations as the high cost and unanticipated consequences are revealed. that will be followed by demands for an entirely new round of comprehensive reforms and the cycle will begin anew. congress should go back to the drawing board, assume a more modest approach and take up these proposals on an individual basis. that's the better path to achieving enduring and effective reform and accountability for the services we provide to our veterans." so i point that
with $17 trillion in debt and massive annual deficits, our country faces a fiscal crisis of unparalleled scope. now is not the time in any federal department to spend money we don't have. to be sure, there's much to like in the sashed sanders bill and e components were presented as separate, smaller as part of a carefully considered long-term strategy to reform the v.a., hold leadership accountable and improve service to veterans, we'd have no problem expending enthusiastic support. as with...
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we are reducing the budget deficit through the aca. i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are very careful about budget issues. good, they should be. well health care costs are declining and declining significantly. some of that is due to the recession but almost every expert says much of that is due to the aca. national health care expenditures for instance in 2012 grew by 3.7%, meaning that the growth from 2009 to 2012 was the slowest since government collected information and that was in the 60s. the percentage of health care spending for the first time, the percentage of gdp actually shrunk from 17.3 to 17.2. at the same time the solvency of medicare's hospital insurance fund decreased and costs cut. so this is great news. the bottom line, i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle think they hit political gold when they attacked the aca and called for its appeal but the american people don't want repeal and secondly as we move on in time the positives of the aca will become more apparent. the negatives tha
we are reducing the budget deficit through the aca. i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are very careful about budget issues. good, they should be. well health care costs are declining and declining significantly. some of that is due to the recession but almost every expert says much of that is due to the aca. national health care expenditures for instance in 2012 grew by 3.7%, meaning that the growth from 2009 to 2012 was the slowest since government collected information and...
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more good news because we now know that the second promise of the act, that it was going to reduce the deficit, is true as well. c.b.o. tells us that from the ten-year period covering the enactment of the law to a decade later, we're going to save about $1.2 trillion beyond what we additionally estimated. current trajectories we are going to be $250 billion under c.b.o.'s initial estimate for federal health care expenditures on an annual basis. that's big savings to the taxpayers, and when you combine that with the millions of americans who have coverage, you can see how the affordable care act is working. now, there is still work to do, and there are going to be debates on the floor of the senate about ways in which we could change and fix the affordable care act. we're reordering 1/6 of the american economy. there is no doubt going to be bumps along the road and no doubt going to be places where we can find bipartisan agreement on how we can fix the act, make it work even better. but the answer from our republican colleagues has been pretty simple so far. it has been to simply repeal the law
more good news because we now know that the second promise of the act, that it was going to reduce the deficit, is true as well. c.b.o. tells us that from the ten-year period covering the enactment of the law to a decade later, we're going to save about $1.2 trillion beyond what we additionally estimated. current trajectories we are going to be $250 billion under c.b.o.'s initial estimate for federal health care expenditures on an annual basis. that's big savings to the taxpayers, and when you...
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difficult steps need to be undertaken to right size gas prices and trim budget deficits, but ukraine should be given a long enough lease so that these necessary reforms don't strangle a nation today dealing with threats to its very existence. second cry me i can't. -- crimea. they have invaded and the very accord they signed guaranteeing crimea's territory. no doubt president putin was sore and no doubt he didn't like the fact that the united states voiced its strong support for the right of a sovereign ukraine to make independent decisions about its future partnerships and no doubt he is infuriated that the ukrainian people are now on their way to getting their way. but this is not a schoolyard. you don't get to push around weaker kids just because you don't like them. this is the 21st century. the reason we belong to organizations like the united nations or the reason we negotiate treaties like the budapest memorandum is because we now understand, after centuries of european war, how destabilizing this kind of behavior is. the irony for russia, of course, is that this invasion demo
difficult steps need to be undertaken to right size gas prices and trim budget deficits, but ukraine should be given a long enough lease so that these necessary reforms don't strangle a nation today dealing with threats to its very existence. second cry me i can't. -- crimea. they have invaded and the very accord they signed guaranteeing crimea's territory. no doubt president putin was sore and no doubt he didn't like the fact that the united states voiced its strong support for the right of a...